The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-01-08

urably serene and commonplace. be-
gan to be little afraid Of the man, or,
rather, Of my want OF judgment OF the
man, aud after few words we shook
hands and parted.
1t was some months before / again
saw the man from San jose. When l
did i found that he had actually be-
come member of tho Stock Board,
and had little Office In Broad street,
where he transacted his business. My
remembrance going back to the first
night I met him, inquired II he had
renewed his acquaintance with Miss
Morrell.
81 heerd that she was in Newport
this summer, and l run down there fur
q week."
"And you talked with her about the
baggage checks ?''
"No," he said, seriously, stshe gave
me commission to buy some stocks
for her. You soc. guess them fash'n.
'ble fellers sorter got to runnin' her
about me, aud so she just put our ac-
qUatntauce on a squase business ioottn'.
tell you sh's right pert gal. Did ye
hear the accident that happened to
her ?"
had not.
"Well, you see, she was out yacht
Ing, aud managed, through Que OF
these fellers, to get an invite too. Tho
whole thing was got up by man wlIet
they says goin' to marry her. We'll.
one afternoon the boom swings round
In u little squall aud knocks her ovor-
board. There was awful excitement
you've heard about II, ,aaybe:"
No ! But saw 1t all with roman.
GERS instinct In q flash of poetry This
poor fellow, debarred through uncouth.
her, had at last found his fitting ops
portunity. He had
"Thar was an awful row." he went
on. 81 went out on the tafffail, and
there, dozen yards away, was that
purity creature, that pert gal, aud l."
"You jumped for her ?" said has.
tily.
"No," he said gravely. l let the
other. feller do the jumpin'; I sorter
looked op.'
l stared at him in astonishment.
"No," he went on seriously. "Iie
was tho man who was
his 'put'--his line of business. You
SEQ II had waltzed over the side Of
that ship, and cavorted In and fiums
mixed around, aud finally Topped to
the bottom, the other man would have
jumped, nateral-ltbe, aud saved her,
and cz he was going TO marry her any
way, l don't exactly see where I'd
have been represented In the trapsac-
tton. But don't you see, ef, after he'd
jumped and hadn't got her, he'd gone
down himself, I'd hev had the next
best chance, and the advantage of
havin' him outer the way. You see,
ye don't understand mel don't think
ye did In Caliiorny."
s'Then he did save her:'
"Of course Don't ye SEQ she was ali
right. Ii he'd missed her I'd Clipped
in. Thar warn't no sense In my doin'
his duty onless he failed"
Somehow the story got out. The
man from San Jose, as q butt, became
more popular than ever, and, Of course,
received invitations to burlesque re-
ceptions, and naturally mot great
many people whom otherwise he
would not have seen. 1t was observed
that his 500 was steadily growing,
and he seemed to be getting on in his
business. Certain California stocks,
which had seen quietly inferred, In
the old days, in the tombs OF their
fathers, were magtcaIIy resurrected,
and i remember, as one who has seen
a spirit, to have been shock ed as l
looked over the quotations one morn.
Ing to have seen the ghastiy face OF
the "Dead Beat Beach Mining Com
pany," roughed and plastered, look
ing out OF the columns of tho paper.
AT last Il few people began TO respect,
or suspect, the man from S an Jose. AT
last suspicion cuiminated I'm this inci-
dent:
! He had long expressed n wish 90 be-
long TO a certain fashionable club, and
| with view Of burlcsque he was invi-
| ted 10 visit the club, where a series OF
ridiculous entertainments we're given
him, winding up with card party.
AS passed the steps OF the clubhouse
early the next morning l overheard
two or three members talking secretly {:
| ole cleaned everybody out. Why,
| he must have raked in SAC, ,000."
| "Who?" l asked.
| "'rhe man from San Jose"
AS turned away one of the gentle
man, IA victim, noted for his sporting
propcnsities, followed me, and laying
his hand upon my shoulder asked;
"Tell me fairly now. Wha, business
did your f,iend follow in California ?''
| "He was Il shepherd"
| ga what ?"
"a shepherd. Tended bis iiocks
| "a Ia. III